A partial tear means the recovery time for Verrett’s injury will be shorter than if it were fully torn. A fully-torn ACL has a recovery time of about 9 months. Even if the recovery of Verrett’s knee injury is 3 months, he would be lost for this season.

The injury appears to have occurred in the loss to the Indianapolis Colts, a game in which Verrett stepped in and played a bit on the Special Teams unit.

Verrett himself has said he will miss the remainder of the season:

To potentially fill the spot on the roster, the Chargers went ahead and signed CB Steve Williams, a former 2013 draft pick of the Chargers that has been on the roster for the last two seasons before being cut at the end of the preseason this year.

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